The Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla) can be found, as its name states, in Europe and Asia. It migrates to Africa and southern Asia for the winter. It belongs to the woodpecker family and it has six subspecies. It feeds on insects, primarily ants. It occassionally also consumes spiders, woodlice, eggs, frog tadpoles, molluscs and, rarely, berries.

The stamp was issued in 2011.